Jack-O-Lantern Pancakes
Festive orange pancakes decorated with chocolate chips to resemble playful jack-o-lanterns, perfect for Halloween!
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Skillet
- Spatula
- Plastic sandwich bag
Ingredients
- 2 cups pancake mix or ingredients for homemade pancake batter
- 1 large egg if using pancake mix
- 1 1/2 cups milk if using pancake mix
- orange food coloring to achieve desired shade
- green food coloring for the stem
- chocolate chips for decorating faces
- non-stick cooking spray for greasing the skillet
Instructions
- Prepare pancake batter according to package instructions or your homemade recipe.
- Remove about one-fifth of the batter and place it in a small bowl for the green stem.
- Add orange food coloring to the remaining batter until you achieve a vibrant shade.
- Add green food coloring to the small bowl of batter until it turns green.
- Transfer green batter into a plastic sandwich bag and snip off a corner for piping.
- Preheat a non-stick skillet over medium heat and spray with cooking spray.
- Ladle about 1/3 cup of orange batter into the skillet. Use the green batter to pipe a small stem on top.
- Wait for bubbles to form on the surface (about 2-3 minutes), then flip the pancake and cook for another 15 seconds.
- Transfer pancakes to a plate and repeat with remaining batter.
- Serve warm, allowing everyone to decorate with chocolate chips to create faces.
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Notes
Store leftover pancakes in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to three days.